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FILE – In this June 3, 2020, file photo, demonstrators gather near the White House in Washington to protest the death of George Floyd. A report released Thursday, July 15, 2021, says more than 90% of donors who supported racial equity initiatives in 2018 have yet to report how much they gave in 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Aside from the new dispensary licenses to be awarded later this summer, the state on Thursday announced the first round of 213 licenses for craft growers, infusers and transporters, operations that are seen as easier entry points into the burgeoning industry. Of those licenses, 40 are for craft growers, 32 for infusers and 141 for transporters.
Brad Young, who is the chairman and co-founder of the Rockit Ranch Productions restaurant and nightclub group, sold his seven-bedroom, 9,600-square-foot mansion in Winnetka for just under $6 million Monday. – Original Credit: (Bob Goldsborough / HANDOUT)
Too many people, especially on the South and West sides, “are just plain scared,” Lightfoot said, “scared to come out, scared to congregate, enjoy the warmth of a summer day or night for fear that ordinary moments will become the scenes of tragedy. This reality is what pains me personally the most.”
“If the Mayor and Superintendent can boast about this program in public, they can release the public records that explain how it works and let us see whether it disproportionately harms people of color,” said Ariana Bushweller, an ACLU attorney in a news release. “It is unfortunate that we have to ask a court for this basic information.”
Terrill Swift at his home in Lisle on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Swift was exonerated for a murder and sexual assault he did not commit, yet his mugshot continues to appear on several websites portraying him as a criminal, including mugshots.com. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday gave preliminary zoning approval to a proposed $60 million film production facility in the South Shore area of the city’s South Side. The $60 million project is called Regal Mile Studios. – Original Credit: BauerLatoza Studio (HANDOUT)
It’s important to get a new version of the ordinance in place quickly to require banks that acquire rental properties to offer renters either a lease to stay or moving assistance, Housing Department policy director Daniel Hertz said, noting foreclosures could again spike as the financial impact of COVID-19 hits renters harder in coming months.
It’s important to get a new version of the ordinance in place quickly to require banks that acquire rental properties to offer renters either a lease to stay or moving assistance, Housing Department policy director Daniel Hertz said, noting foreclosures could again spike as the financial impact of COVID-19 hits renters harder in coming months.
Meanwhile, several law professors who spoke to the Tribune agreed that the lawsuit filed by John Doe 2 — a former high school hockey player whom Aldrich was convicted of sexually assaulting in 2013 in Michigan — might have a high legal hurdle to clear before reaching the discovery phase, in which the Hawks and other parties could be compelled to produce documents and witnesses indicating what they knew about Aldrich’s employment, background, abuse allegations against him and other evidence relevant to the suit.